Sentences with phrase «of the bedroom tax»

A family struggling to pay the rent because of the bedroom tax is not interested in grammar schools.

And it's not one without casualties, as thousands of bedroom tax victims will testify.

Such a move would only make already - strained coalition relations frostier after the parties blocked each others» bids to legislate for an EU referendum and dilute the impact of the bedroom tax last month.

The Liberal Democrats called for a reform of the bedroom tax in a dramatic withdrawal of support for the controversial welfare reform.

How can an MP vote in favour of a bedroom tax without actually knowing what he or she voted for?

One of Duncan Smith's key defences of the Bedroom Tax was that it would help free up social housing for those who most need it.

How can any party hope to create a «fairer society» while defending the current injustice of the bedroom tax?

The job of the Liberal Democrats, especially the social liberals within the party, is to campaign for more houses to be build and to shield the most vulnerable in society from the hardship of the bedroom tax.

The government was accused of chaotic mismanagement of the bedroom tax today, after it emerged it had no data about fundamental changes in home occupancy caused by the policy.

Under the terms of the bedroom tax, tenants lose 14 per cent of their housing benefit if they have a spare bedroom, and 25 per cent for two or more unoccupied spare rooms.

Clegg had no need to fall in with the vindictive spirit of the bedroom tax, the sale of swaths more social housing, or the ever - tightening screw of work capability tests, as food banks opened everywhere.

The absence of the information about house movements on the back of the bedroom tax — called a «spare room subsidy» by the government — raises questions about arguments from ministers that the policy was designed to save money and free up existing stock to cut housing queues.

Speaking passionately about the effects of the bedroom tax, Mr Draper said the policy was «one of the most evil and targeted polices» he'd ever come across in 40 years in the trade union movement.

Labour needs a broader offer, where policies like repeal of the bedroom tax sit within a prospectus that shows how everyone will benefit from a Labour government.

Kath Phillips, from Walsall CLP, spoke with feeling about the need to get rid of the bedroom tax.

Another year of the bedroom tax, austerity and David Cameron and if they win they'd rather negotiate with David Cameron than Ed Miliband.

The report entitled «The Impacts of the bedroom tax on children and their education» found that forcing children to share rooms in order to reduce housing benefit resulted in many pupils not having a quiet place for homework or undisturbed sleep.

The recession is supposed to be over but Red Cross surveys show that in Europe many more people are trapped in poverty and a recent survey revealed that in the UK the use of Food Banks has tripled since April, caused in a large part by changes to the Benefits System and the introduction of the Bedroom Tax.

Perhaps then we should start by turning our attention to the children who, education experts say, are showing signs of emotional distress over the hardships their parents face because of the bedroom tax.

For example, Ed Miliband expressed sympathy for victims of the bedroom tax but couldn't say yet whether Labour would repeal it.

Saving enough for the deposit needed for private housing is a further issue — and a near - impossibility for those already struggling with rent arrears because of the bedroom tax.